The Top Ten Female MMA Fighters of 2010

While doing some work on my female MMA lenses over at Squidoo (RIP) I came up with a list of the most searched for female mixed martial artists on the net.
Now you have to keep in mind, these are actual fighters, not people that are inactive like Gina Carano.

Actually Gina would STILL be number one by a wide margin, but she hasn't competed since the Strikeforce: Carano vs. Cyborg fight when Cris beat her by TKO at 4:59 in the first round.
Gina has made no indication that she is coming back into the ring so far.

So here are the top ten most searched for female MMA fighters on the net right now.....

1. Miesha Tate (11-2-0)
2. Cristiane Santos (10-1-0)
3. Marloes Coenen (18-4-0)
4. Sarah Kaufman (12-1-0)
5. Amy Davis (1-2-0, 1 NC)
6. Megumi Fujii (23-1-0)
7. Zoila Frausto (10-1-0)
8. Carina Damm (15-5-0)
9. Lisa Ward (14-6-0)
10. Roxanne Modafferi (15-6-0)

You may notice that in this list, all of these women are really fighters.
With the exception of Amy Davis, they are all in the ten plus fight range and seven of them are ranked in MMARising.com's "Top 15 Women’s Pound-For-Pound MMA Rankings".
This leads me to believe that female MMA fight fans are actually going for talent and not looks.

I mean c'mon, would Gina have been as popular as she was were she not as hot as she was?

And speaking about that, Miesha Tate needs to watch out for that trap.
She's 11-2-0 and ranked number 11 on the top 15 pound for pound, but a lot of people are looking to her as the new "Face of Female MMA".
She hasnt fought since Strikeforce - Challengers 10 back on August 13th, 2010 when she beat Hitomi Akano by unanimous decision.

Of course all that will change when she takes on Strikeforce women’s 135-pound champion Marloes Coenen for the title, probably some time in March.

Then we'll see if she's the new "Face".



The Top Ten Female MMA Fighters of 2010, posted to http://femalemixedmartialartists.blogspot.com/ on January 9th, 2010

Megumi Fujii Vs. Lisa Ward and Zoila Frausto Vs. Jessica Aguilar

Two female MMA events have been announced for Bellator 31 on September 30th at the L'Auberge du Lac Casino and Resort in Lake Charles, La.

Megumi Fujii

Megumi Fujii will be taking on Lisa Ward.
Megumi has a 21-0-0 unbeaten MMA record and Lisa has is at 14-5-0.

Lisa Ward

This will not be the first time the two women have faced off.
The last time, Megumi defeated Lisa at Bodog Fight - Vancouver on August 24th, 2007 via an arm bar submission.

The same night at Bellator 31, Zoila Frausto will be taking on Jessica Aguilar.
Zoila is 8-1-0 and Jessica is 9-3-0.

Zoila Frausto

Zoila is coming off three wins in a row, having defeated Jessica Pene, Rosi Sexton and Michelle Ould.

Jessica Aguilar

While Jessica is on a five in a row winning streak over Lynn Alvarez, Catia Vitoria, Valerie Coolbaugh, Amanda Duvall.

The winners of the two fights will face each other to decide the organization's first-ever female champion.

I have to say, I think Bellator is doing this right.
We aren't waiting months between matches and I think that helps to keep everyone's interest up.

My guess.....
I think we will see Megumi defeat Lisa, Zoila take Jessica and Megumi walk away from all of this with the title.

Of course look at my win/loss record in the past here and see how good my guesses are...LOL

UPDATE:
Well I finally got one right!
Megumi Fujii (who is now 22-0-0) defeated Lisa Ward in 99 seconds via an armbar submission.
That was her eighteenth career submission victory and the eleventh victory by armbar.

And Zoila Frausto defeated Jessica Aguilar, although it was a bit of a questionable decision.
So questionable that the crowd booed when Zolia was announced as the winner.

Now Fujii and Frausto will face off at the finals in the women's 115 lb. tournament at Bellator 34 on October 28.

I'm still saying Megumi will take it all.



Megumi Fujii Vs. Lisa Ward and Zoila Frausto Vs. Jessica Aguilar, posted to http://femalemixedmartialartists.blogspot.com/ on September 28th, 2010

Female MMA Video

Here are some links to the most popular female mma video across the net.
Yes it was a slow news day, and I still haven't been able to find a thing on the “FEMALE FURY II” results.

The highest rated video is this one of Lisa Ward taking on Miku "Supernova" Matsumoto posted by elsdolf on YouTube.
Although Miku lost this one, she did come back to defaet Lisa at DEEP - Toyama Impact on June 28th, 2009.
Lisa's current record is 12-5-0 and Miku's is 21-4-0.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSGS6i8-QSA


The next female MMA video is a tribute to Satoko Shinashi posted by Gullwing33 on YouTube.
Satoko's current record is 29-2-2.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf9W9luyxHw


Next up is the video of Strikeforce Women's Lightweight Champion, Cris 'Cyborg' Santos choking out a MMA news reporter.
http://www.break.com/index/female-mma-fighter-chokes-out-reporter.html


Then we have a video of Liz Carreiro taking on Jill Slatten on Google Video.
The fight took place on October 13th, 2007 at FCF - Freestyle Cage Fighting.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7022254980294292050#


The next video is from Daily Motion and it features Shayna Baszler (9-6-0) taking on Tama Chan.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7es5z_shayna-baszler-vs-tama-chan-female_sport


And the last most popular clip is a little weird, between two un-named female MMA fighters.
It's posted on Live Video and you can see it here:
http://www.livevideo.com/video/EDE8AD51F955452DA5158D266954E8FB/female-mma-fight.aspx

So there are the six most popular female MMA videos according to Google right now.
Funny...Gina Carano isn't in any of them.
Hmmmm....

Female MMA Video, posted to http://femalemixedmartialartists.blogspot.com/ on Sept 24th, 2009.

WAMMA Female MMA Rankings For April

The World Alliance of Mixed Martial Arts has released its female fighter rankings for the month of May.
The list has a new weight division (115 pound weight class) and a few other changes.
For brevity's sake, I have only listed the top five fighters in each catagory.
You can see the whole list here:
http://gowamma.com/Rankings

Featherweight
1 Gina Carano
2 Marloes Coenen
3 (tie) Cristiane Santos / Erin Toughill
5 Kelly Kobold

Bantamweight
1 Tara LaRosa
2 Takayo Hashi
3 Roxanne Modafferi
4 Shayna Baszler
5 Sarah Kaufman

Super Flyweight
1 Rosi Sexton
2 Carina Damm
3 Rin Nakai
4 Aisling Daly
5 "Windy" Tomomi Sunaba

Flyweight
1 Megumi Fuji
2 Yuka Tsuji
3 Ana Michelle Tavares
4 Lisa Ward
5 Miku Matsumoto

Last Woman Standing

COMPETITORS: Erica Montoya, Lisa Ward, Tara Larosa, Megumi Fugi, Roxanne Modeferri, Marie Coangelo, and more...
BONUS FOOTAGE:Erica Montya and Tara Larosa's Mixed Martial Arts debut fights! On November 5th, 2004, Hook 'N' Shoot held a special woman's grappling tournament the morning after their "Evolution" event in Evansville, IN.
Witness some of the best female submission fighters in the world do battle for money, pride and gragging rights forever,
Thirteen woman enter the ring, but only one will be the Last Woman Standing!

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